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Mid-afternoon kickoff time, TV set for Alabama's season opener against West Virginia

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Fans pile into the Georgia Dome lobby on their way to the game. Alabama football fans hit Atlanta for the Crimson Tide's season opener against the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Georgia Dome on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Please share your fan photos by sending them to tuscaloosa@al.com. (Contributed by Bartz)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Alabama will be under the Georgia Dome lights when it kicks off the 2014 season against West Virginia, but it will be hours away from sunset.

The Crimson Tide's showdown with the Mountaineers in the Aug. 30 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game will kick off at 2:30 p.m. (central), West Virginia announced Saturday. The game will air on ABC.

This is the only game on Alabama's 2014 schedule with a set kickoff time.

By comparison, last year's Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against Virginia Tech kicked off at 4:30 p.m. This will be the fourth time Alabama has played in the Atlanta-based Kickoff Game since Nick Saban took over in 2007.

Counting the opener against the Hokies, Alabama had five mid-afternoon kickoffs in 2013. It started once in the morning and played the rest in primetime.